Topic: Internal Clock

During a press conference regarding the debt ceiling, President Obama claimed he would be turning 50 "in a week," despite his actual birthday being August 4th, nearly three weeks away. The hosts revisit their theory of "two Obamas," suggesting a programming error or a failure in the President's internal clock. They note his aging appearance and the repetitive nature of his public addresses on the budget crisis.

The shift to daylight savings time in the United States caused scheduling conflicts across Google Calendar and Outlook for the production team. They explore why computer internal clocks often drift by several minutes over a month and how these inaccuracies cause synchronization issues for podcasters recording "double-ender" audio files.